The head coach of London’s Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, commented on his team’s victory in the 13th round of the English Premier League against West Ham.
— A record number of goals in the first half? I didn’t know that, but the course of events shows how crazy everything was, how effective both teams were. It was an exciting 30 minutes. You can immediately see how much the team wanted this. We acted qualitatively and purposefully. We managed to score three goals in three different ways, and then we executed a wonderful fourth goal.
But after that, we entered a period where individual qualities of the players played a big role. 4:2, and the game has already started, you can feel how the energy is changing and what will happen next. I think it’s good that we scored the fifth, because it calmed everyone down,” said Mikel Arteta.